Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-05-13
PRODUCE.
wheeling.

owing TO the increase Ill supply anu
light demand, the butter market has taken
quite tumble. Eggs are very quiet, and
have also slightly fallen, owing to warmer
weather. Good poultry is scarce with
prices the same. The demand for apples
has improved.
The demand for green stuff has become
better and sales will he larger as prices
settle lower Good stock is sold
up pretty close to the supply, but
ordinary stuff hangs on and is slow selling.
The prices quoted below are wholesale fig
ures and all green stuff Is home raised, eX-
cept TadShes, cucumbers, cabbage and
new potatoes. The quotations are changed
on Tuesdays and Fridays. but the market
is liable to fluctuations between those
days.
Butter-Demand fair; country choice
l2a16c; good country 1Oal2c; common 5a
&c; supply heavy.
Beans-New handpicked navy 81 GOAL 30
per bushel; demand poor.
Dried Fruit-New evaporated pared
epaches 30a35c; impaired do 15a17c; raSp-
berries 2Oa22c; blackberrieS 9alOc;uew sun
dried apples, quartered, 23a3c, sliced 4a5c;
peaches, new halves 65a7c; do quarters )
a6c;dO pared 15alscpitted cherries 12al3c;
new evaporated apples l0a12c. Market on
dried fruit nominal; demand moderate.
Cheese-Sales in a jOhhing way of prime
mild Ohio factory at SIC; New York LA
15c; Sweitzer 12a13c; Limberger 9a1Oc.
Eggs-Stictly fresh stock at 10al0!C
per doz. supply good and demand slow.
Feathers Choice, 5Oa55c, IN original
packages; 4a5c more in small lots.
HOney-Choice white clover, l3al4c;
choice buckwheat, 12al4c.
Potatoes--45 to SOC per bushel; demand
fair; supply light; new Florida s. 90 to
80 per barrel; LouisianaS 81 %; demand
good.
Poultry-Live chickens, old s. 25a3 30
per dozen; dressed chickens 10 to PC per
pound; turkeys, live Ease, dressed 9allc
per pound; ducks, live s. OOa3 80 per
doz; dressed, 10al2c; dressed geese, Case
per pound; demand good, supply fair.
Rags-Steady at Halle for white mixed
cotton; 1al3c for all wool and lfal3c for
mixed.
Seeds-Clever, per bushel, 81 5Oa5 90;
timothy, per bushel, 81 OOa2 10 Extra
clean blue grass, soc; orchard grass, 81 50;
red top, Cooper bushel. Market quiet.
Lard-COuntry prime, 6!a7c; demand
fair.
Apples-Green, per Dbl. choice new,
81 75a3 so; demand good; supply light.
Onions-Bermudas 500 per crate; good
demand; supply good
Kale 81 25al 80 per barrel; demand fair.
Green Onions-2Oa25C per dozen punches
demand fair; supply fair.
Radishes-35c per dozen punches; de-
mand good; supply light.
Rhubarb-2O per dozen lunches; de.
mand fair; supply good.
Lettuce-S1 p per buShel Of 10 pounds
supply scarce; demand good.
New Florida Cabbage-Si - al - pei
barrel for long crates; So 75a4 90, short
crates; demand good; supply light.
CuCumbers 81 90 per dozen.
New York.
New YORK, May Receipts
! l3,2l2 packages; exports l,97S barrels and
:, $50 sacks; sales 1900 barrels; market
moderately active and firm. Wheat-Re
ceipts 1920 bushels; exports l37, %
bushels; sales 300, 900 bushels future,
and G,7lO bushels spot; spot lots Shad,
higher and fairly active for export; option,
opened firm and advanced Ialc, later ruled
easier and settled back Gage, closing heavy
speculation more moderate; No. Mil
waukee 94lc; No. hard 97Ba99lc to ar
rive and spot; ungraded red 95ca$l OO}
| No. 3 red 95C; No. red $3.50 in elevator
97la9S!c delivered: 97a97lc tree on board
No. red 81 90; No. | white oslo; extr;
red 99c; No. , red May 96Ia96Sc, CLOSING
AT 96lc; June 95,a96!c, closing at SIC
July 95sa96 Lice, closing at 95sc; August
93!a93(c, closing at 934c; September 93s;
Ole, closing at 9i4c; December 95,a
SO 7-l6c, closing at 96c; January 97a97 &c
closing at 97c; April 81 OO}a1 OOs, closin!
at 81 col; May, 1888, 81 Oll, closing a,
81 OIL COrn-Receipts 1895 bushels: ex
ports 500 bushels sales 10i, 600 bushels
futures and $4,000 bushels spot; spo
lots steady aud quiet; options laIc lower
closing dull and heavy; ungraded 4siajOc
steamer 4Sc in elevator, 49ic delivered
No = 4Sa4slc in elevator, 49fa49lc deliv
cred; old No. 2 soc delivered; No. . MAY
47sa4Sfc, closing at 4-c; June 4Sa4s4c
closing at 4Sc; July. 80 5-16a49.c, cloSin!
at 49sc; August 50la5lc; closed at sole
September 5lia5l3c, closed at 51lc Oat
STEADY; receipts $4,000 bushels; export
none; sales 10000 bushels brisk future
and IA, 900 bushels spot; mixed western
3ia36c; white do 3Sa4lc Coffee-Spot fair
Rio strong at Isle; Optionsactive aud high
er; sales 2l0, 500 bags; MAY 660al7. 05c
June Is 62al7. 15c; July l675al7. Soc; Au
gust 16 9Oa17.50c; September L. O5al7. 75c
October 17.1Oa17.7Oc; January 1855;
Il. Soc; February 17.30a17 Csc; Marcl
1900; April IL soc. Sugar-Quiet; Eng